![](https://cdn.statically.io/img/static01.nyt.com/packages/flash/multimedia/ICONS/transparent.png)
Nicolai Gedda performing in Switzerland in 1970.
Binder/ullstein bild, via Getty Images; thumbnail: Joachim Schulz/ullstein bild, via Getty Images, 1998
Nicolai Gedda
Died on January 8, 2017 at age 91
Mr. Gedda rose from an impoverished childhood and an early career as a bank clerk in Sweden to become one of the most celebrated tenors of the 20th century, widely admired for his sensitive musicianship, masterly tonal control and a voice that shimmered like silver but was no less warm for that.
Notable Deaths 2017
Remembering Mary Tyler Moore, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lewis, David Rockefeller, Trisha Brown, Glen Campbell, Dick Gregory, Edith Windsor, Sam Shepard, Tom Petty and many others who died this year.